Light bread in the chest and a brave teacher
In a Philadelphia school, Miss Judson restrains a violent student Danny Duggin and leads a heroic escape during a classroom fire. Danny saves others, is wounded, and thanks his teacher who praises his courage, while the merchant and parrot subplot ends with a quip about light bread.
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Caroline B. Herrick
Philadelphia Times
Grammar School
Danny Duggin
Miss Avery
Danny
Miss Judson
Judson
Joey Kenson
New York
August Schmidt
August
Joey
Middle States
Joey Bengon
Au—August
Dan Duggin
Polly the talking parrot in a grocer's tale
A parrot in a small grocer shop stirs talk and trouble as a regular customer avoids paying for bread. The merchant schemes to hide light bread in a chest and trick the man into accepting yesterday's bread, while Polly calls out the real item.
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The
Young Chronicle
Pers
Polly
Vinally
Last of Our Cannibal Tribes
James Mooney recalls cannibal practices across the Americas, citing the Carib and Tonkawa as notorious groups. He describes regional examples from the Caribbean to Texas coast, including rituals, dietary habits, and a wolf-worship tradition tied to Tonkawa origins.
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James Mooney
Harper's Magazine
Antilles
America
Amazon
Central America
Mexico
Prescott
United States
Canada
Texas Coast
Back Country
Attakapa
Louisiana Parish
Matagorda Bay
la Balle
San Antonio Mission
San Antonio
Texas
San Jose
Alamo
Tonkawas Roaming Texas Before Mission Abolition
The passage notes that the Tonkawas, drawn to the old free life, roved over much of Texas long before the missions were abolished in 1812.
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Texas
A Military Education At West Point Praised By Plebe Customs
An old West Pointer notes how military training shapes cadets during a Princeton game kickoff. He recalls rituals from Peekskill and the boot-licking plebe system, where upperclassmen compel discipline through stern glances and boot cleaning, impressing the value of military order.
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Princeton
West Point
West Pointer
Peekskill
Strange Andaman artifacts reach National Museum
The Washington Post reports the National Museum has received a rare collection from the Andaman Islands. Among items are necklaces made from vertebrae and skulls, worn as mourning signs. The Andaman natives are described as dwarf, monkeylike, with skulls painted yellow and adorned with beads.
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Washington Post
National Museum
Andaman Islands
Bay of Bengal
Admiral Brown Earned the Nickname Spud Brown
The retired Rear Admiral George Brown was known across the service as Spud Brown for his potato diplomacy during a 19th century China station voyage. After a depleted voyage, a liner offered spuds in exchange for cash, leading to the enduring sobriquet that followed him throughout his career.
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New York Times
George Brown
Spud” Brown
Army and Navy Club
Pacific
China Station
San Francisco
Brown
Admiral Brown
Dwarfs of Andaman Islands Describe Dress Fire Use and customs
The account covers Andaman dwarf practices including clothing made of shells and leaves, extensive head and hair grooming by women, tattooing with quartz razors, and ritual fire making once from a volcano. It notes bondage raids by Chinese and Malays, suspected ferocity toward shipwrecked mariners, and a tendency to be tractable when treated well.
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Andaman Islands
Pegi
Sumatra
Thei
Wanted That Frock
A Gordon highlander’s wife visits him at the Scottish barracks with their 6 year old daughter. The child, watching her father stride in a kilt with a rifle, asks if the man who took her frock will return it to her.
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Scotland
The Philippines Peace Effort Faces Filipino Obstacle
A historical remark identifies the Filipino as the sole barrier to peace and civilization in the Philippines, reflecting colonial era rhetoric about local cooperation and governance. The statement centers on native leadership as the impediment to societal progress.
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The
Philippines
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